Page 280
Sample Intel Oct $130 Call Option Quote (INQJF)
| Price: 11 3/4 | Exchange: AMEX |
| Change: -1/2 | Open Interest: 93 |
| Ask: 11 7/8 | Bid: 11 5/8 |
| Premium: 11 3/4 | Volume: 46 |
| Low: 11 3/4 | High: 12 1/2 |
| Previous Close: 12 1/4 | Open: 12 1/2 |
| Days to Go: 237 | Shares Per Contract: 100 |
Call Options
Ford stock is trading at $50 per share today and you believe (or you
just hope) that it will rise in near term. How could you profit from this
speculation? The simplest approach of course would be to buy it. Let’s
say 200 shares which would work out to
200 x $50 per share = $10,000
Now if the stock rises to $60 per share your gross profit would be
$2,000 or 20%. Not a bad profit margin but let’s take a look at some of
the pros and cons here.
First off, you would have to come up with the $10,000 to buy the
stock. Of course if you have $5,000 available you could buy the rest on
margin, but based on our margin discussion there are certain
drawbacks associated with it. The upshot is that if the stock does not go …
|